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Ted Stavropoulos likes warm weather and sunny days. He has a house in Florida. As the associate athletic director and director of the Sports Center at the University of Hartford, he is in charge of maintaining the playing fields for the school's athletic teams. Men's lacrosse had its first home game Saturday. It took nine hours to clear the field of snow Monday morning so the team could practice at noon. Baseball and softball start soon. The snow on the baseball field this past week was five feet deep in some places. It's been a long winter for Stavropoulos. "I hate snow," he said last week. "I hate winter. Next week is spring break. I'm going to...

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Ted Stavropoulos likes warm weather and sunny days. He has a house in Florida.
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Yale's Peabody Museum
New Haven, 203-432-5050
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But...

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